Tag: Machiavelli
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Jefferiad
Jeffrey Tucker writes a proper jeremiad. (Jefferiad?) = = = = = START QUOTE: Such “public health” measures were not even within the range of possibility outside the worst dystopian fiction. And yet it all happened in a flash, all with the assurance that The Science demanded it. None of the institutions on which we…
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Round trip
Suddenly this year, plenty of people who were stoutly defending absolute free speech “rights” have turned into censors. Before October, these “conservatives” had been smashing “liberals” for turning into censors. What makes this particular reversal salient is the round trip. 9/11 turned many “freedom”-loving people into censors against Islam. I was among that crowd. Afterward,…
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Strong point by Batya
I always appreciate Greenwald’s clarity. He’s the only big-time journalist who maintains rigid and precise objectivity about all questions. He has lots of tribal loyalties and biases, but he rigorously separates his private life and private feelings from The News. In this clip he’s talking with Batya and other Jewish activists. All agree that the…
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Off by a hundred years, idiot.
Useless Idiot Taibbi continues to trumpet new “leaks” generously provided to him by Deepstate so he can serve them more effectively. = = = = = START IDIOT: Now, a large trove of new documents, including strategy documents, training videos, presentations, and internal messages, reveal that, in 2019, US and UK military and intelligence contractors…
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Might explain a lot!
Dirty Bubble Media, a bitcoin crime tracker, pulls out a BIG player in the shadowy realms of quasi-Deepstate international intrigue. Christopher Harborne is a Soros-like figure who plays the “other” “side” of the political fence. He started at McKinsey, of course. He then leveraged his consultant connections to start or finance a huge variety of…
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Not the same WE part 2
The overblown love for HUGE ancient cathedrals and castles is stupid and dangerous. It helps the rulers maintain their monopoly on lethal status and lethal force. Here’s another example. Hohenzollern Castle in Germany, on top of a bluff, was built specifically to defend against competing aristocrats and most of all to impress and OPPRESS the…
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Old shared lie
Headline: Hillary Clinton warns against Trump 2024 win: ‘Hitler was duly elected’ Classic example of a Shared Lie. This is a valid argument against Trump. It’s ALSO a valid argument against Hillary. Most importantly, it disproves the entire myth of elections. Machiavelli wrote the book. Rulers still follow the book. For a ruler, elections are…
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The dull explanation
Greenwald interviews a “former” CIA dude who says the CIA killed JFK for failing to go along with Deepstate plans. Glenn does a good job of questioning his premises. Former CIA said “Eisenhower outsourced his foreign policy to the Dulles brothers”, which is patently false from observed reality and from news at the time. Observed…
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Unmodulated continued
Continuing from previous. Unmodulated carriers don’t get detected in a superhet world. Lately I’ve been enjoying the long series of newsreels and educational films sponsored by Chevy. These films were modulated or spiced by original music and original drama, and heterodyned or baked by the Chevy brand. Every news item and skill was passed through…
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Machiavelli wins
EnidBuzz asked What are you liking less and less as you get older? 357 comments so far. Only a few are about the consequences of aging. More than half are just one word: PEOPLE. Enid is in the comparatively sane part of the country, more rural than urban, with a long history of public-spirited employers.…
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Total victory for UAW
They’ve beaten Ford, Chrysler and GM, with similarly massive improvements in wages and pensions and “tiers”. The analog method succeeds. Breaking the enemy’s unity succeeds. SAG needs to learn.
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Newtonian politics
The current spate of canceling academics for holding balanced and objective views is being compared to McCarthyism. In a general sense this is valid but it misses the important TIMELINE of the HUAC/McCarthy period. HUAC started its inquisition in 1947. ALL of Congress was on the same side. It wasn’t Joe McCarthy’s “indecency” vs the…
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Another trust restorer
Sailer points to a university president who has learned the Bud Light lesson. When you’re running a business or a college or a government, your SOLE goal is serving your employees and customers. The business or college or government has specific well-defined products. Beer or research or safe neighborhoods. As long as you work SOLELY…
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Small defections
There’s no way to fight monsters from the outside. The best we can do is hold back our money and talents when possible, to diminish the available resources. Monsters lose force when internal disputes weaken their unity and resolve. Greenwald reports a couple of small but meaningful internal defections. A board member of ADL resigned…
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FD = GS
I’ve probably written this before, but feels like a good time to write it again. The Fairness Doctrine was directly parallel to Glass-Steagall. Both New Deal laws tried to separate frauds from honest business. FD forced broadcasters to avoid partisan disputes and devote a certain amount of time to public service. GS forced banks to…
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